how to pronounce profound

/pɹəˈfaʊnd/

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profound is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of profound in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… there has been a profound sea change in …”

meaning of profound

Profound means deep or intense.

profound frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word profound occurs in english on average 14.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics profound can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that profound can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;